Waist and skirt supporter and fastener.



L1. STEWARTi WATST AND SKIRT SUPFRTER AND FASTENER.

APPLJCAUON mlm APR.27.191-3.

1 1 90,479. Patented July l1, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Attorneys..

IDALIB` STEW'ART, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

lUTAIS'I AND SKIRT SPPORTER AND FASTENER.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'July 11, 1916.

- Application filed April 2 7, 1915* Serial No. 24,261.

. To all ze hom z't may concern.' Be it known that' I, IDALLA J. STEWART,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented anew and useful Waist and'Skirt Supporter and Fastener, of which the following is a specilication.

The device forming J the subject matter of this application is a means for connecting a skirtremovably .with a Waist, the construction being such that the lweight of the skirt willnot be carried into the waist.

Another object ofA the invention is to provide a means whereby the fasteners on' the waist and the skirt may be detached from the partswherewith they are assembled, to facilitate a washing of the garment.

It is Within theV province of the disclosure to. improve generallyiand to enhance the ,utility of devices of that typerto 'which the present invention appertains.

W'ith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thed'escription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of vthe invention herein disclosed can be madewithin the scope of what is claimed, Without dcparting from the spirit of the intention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing a. garmei'it constructed in acordance With the present invention; Fig. 2 isa front elevation of the Waist7 the skirt Vbeing removed; Fig. 3ds a ragmental vertical section taken through the band portions of the waist and skirt; Fig. 4 is a fragmental elevation showing a portion of the skirt; F ig. 5- is a fragmental elevation looking into the interior of the skirt and toward the back thereof; Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a. portion of the Waist hand; Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective views depicting the fasteners employed in one form of the invention; Fig. 9 is an elevation looking at the exterior of the waist, at the back thereof; Fig. 10 is an elevation looking into the interior of the skirt at the back thereof; Fig. 11"is an elevation Showing a modified form of fastener; Fig.

12 is a section on the line 12p-12 of Fig.-11; Fig. 13 is an-elevation showing a modified` form of fastener; Fig. 14 is a section on the line ll-l of Fig.' 13. 'Y

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a waist to the lower edge of which is secured a tubular hand 2, thel ends of the band 2.being open at the front as shown at 3 in Fig.A 2. The opening at the front of the Waist is shown at et. In the tubular-band 2 ar( formed lateral apertures are fasteners 6 comprisingupright slots 7 and a transverse eye 8. l`hrough the tehular band 2 is inserted a flexible element in the' form of a tape 9,'the same being formed into loops 9 extended through the lateral apertures 5 of' the hand 2 and engaged through the openings or slits'i' in the fasteners 6. The tape 9 preferably is of Sullicient length so that the fi ee ends 22 thereof may be tied together at the front of the Waist 1, as clearly shownv in Fig. 2.

ll`he skirt is shown at 23 and the skirt oa-nd is indicated at 10. Secured to the skirt band l() and located upon opposite sides of the opening 111 at the back of the skirtA 23 are tubular supplemental bands 11, the ends 12 of which are open.A In the tubular supplemental bands 11 are formed apertures 15.

. Disposed adjacent each aperture 15 is a fastener 1G having uf right slits 17 and equipped with a hook-sha1 edI tongue 18 adapted to coperate with the eye 8. Disposed within the tubular supplemental bands 11 and extended acro:`r the opening .14 at the back of the skirt 23 is a flexible element in the forni of a tape 19, formed into loops 19a Which protrude through the Disposed adjacent the apertures 5` apertures 15 and are engaged in the slits y 17. The ends 20 of the tape 19 are provided with snap fasteners 21 adapted to cooperate with snap fasteners 24 on the tape 9 and exposed through openings 25 in the' hand 2 of the Waist 1.

1n practical operation, the tongues 18 of the fasteners 16 which Vare assembled with the ski'rt 23 are engaged in the eyesS of' the fasteners 7 waistl. 'lhc snap fasteners-21 on the'cnds 0f the tape 19 which is carried by the ski-i 23 are engagedpith the fasteners-215cm:-

which-are assembled with the ried by the tape 9 of tht waist 1. The tape 9 is then tightened up, and its ends 22 are tied together at the front.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the tapes 9 and 19 may be detached readilyy from the garments Wherewith they are assembled, to permit a washing of such gar.

mentsvand for other purposes.

'In Figs. 11 and 12, a modified. form of fastener is shown. In the said figures, the tapes are denoted by the reference cha-racters an'd"31, the tape 30l beingv passed through' openings 32 in a plate 33 having l aheaded stud 34 adapted to be engaged by 11/'and 13 are in the suspension fasteners which replace the elements shown in Figs. Z and 8, the invention remaining otherwise unchanged.

The deices shown in-Figs. 7 and 8,11 and 13 are separable fasteners of general application and adapted tobepusedbn neck- Wear, brassires, horse blankets and under other circumstances which will suggest themselves readily to the user.

Having thus described the invention, what 1 is claimed is l. In a device of the class described, cooperating members comprising a skirt and a waist; a flexible element` c ircumscribing one of said cooperating' members and having detachably connected ends; a second flexible element partially circumscribing the other of said coperating members; means for detachably connecting the second specilied flexible element adjacent its ends with the first specified flexible element; and detachably interengaged suspension members on the flexible elements.

2. In a. device of the class described, a waist; a flexible element extended around the waist and having detachably connected ends; a skirt; a flexible element assembled with the skirt; snap fasteners connecting the ends ofl ture in the presence of two witnesses.' .i

IDA'LIA J; STEWART' Witnesses C. R. BURT, R. K. ADAMS; 

